To support the preparation of a critical edition and English-language translation of the Codex Aubin, a Nahuatl pictorial and textual history of the Aztecs from 1168 through 1608.

We propose to prepare a critical edition of the Aztec Codex Aubin, which will also be the first English translation and only color photographic reproduction of the manuscript. This history, written in Nahuatl, begins with the Aztec departure from Aztlan in 1168, and continues through their rise to empire, the Conquest, and the colonial period up to 1608. Although long used as an important source of both pre- and post-Conquest Mexico, it has typically been consulted in the Spanish translations which are seriously flawed and incomplete, and a critical edition is needed.